First of all, Ammon is now 7 months old! He has learned how to roll from his tummy to his back, and has given us a couple of scares when he is on the bed or couch. He even can jump around in the bumbo and so we are starting to shy away from using that since he is sitting up really well on his own. He kind of scoots around on his bum to get what he wants, and he has only gotten on his knees 2 times like he is gong to crawl, but then he gets REALLY bent out of shape and decides it's just not going to happen. He loves to eat his food, or any food we will give him for that matter, and has blown out of every diaper that he poops in basically. We went up a size on the diaper and it still happens. We are also done breastfeeding, but he is liking the formula and he got about 8 months worth of breastmilk, which is significantly longer than his brother. He also weighs about 18 pounds and is growing like a weed. He loves to giggle and laugh, loves to play with his brother, and has started talking to us. He lets us know when he wants his "baba" (bottle) and he responds when we ask him things and talk to him. It is SO stinkin' cute. :) We went out and played in the snow with his brother, and he did NOT like to sit in the snow at all! Immediately welled up and started with big tears down his face. Michael enjoyed the time outside, and Ammon was ok as long as he wasn't sitting in the snow or touching it, but it was a fun kind of outing.
Michael LOVES the snow! He wanted to build a snowman, however, if he touches the snow with his bare hands, he freaks out and cries and runs to you to get it off of him! His favorite thing to watch right now is Little Einsteins, and that's pretty much all he likes to watch. He is getting more into the spirit of playing with his brother and sharing his toys. He still has his mean days, but otherwise he is such a great big brother, and Momma's little helper. He likes to do everything himself, and he lets you know about it. He is responding better to wanting to potty train, so we let him pick out a potty seat and we got him a sticker chart and a few incentives and he is getting excited to "pee on the potty like Andrew does". (Andrew is his friend who was potty trained a few months ago. Michael has always been pretty good at beat-boxing and he LOVES music, and lately he is singing, and he is actually pretty good at it. His pitch is fairly good for a kid his age, and he knows a lot of the words to songs I didn't even think about. I can't believe he will be 3 in March, and he has already told us that he wants a blue cake, and then he said he wants a chocolate cake with blue frosting and a shield like Captain America, so that's what we will try to do for him. I just love his smiles, and how much he cares. I have the best boys ever!
Matthew and I were going to do a little weekend without the boys for Valentines Day. They went to stay with Grandma, and we were able to have some extra time together that first day since I was let go from work early. (It was really slow) I knew I would be scheduled on Valentines day, so we thought we would take advantage of the rest of the weekend. We bought some treats and got to talk and just be together, which was really nice. We ended up having to go and get the boys early, since this was Ammon's first time away from home, and he didn't deal really well without having Daddy there to put him to bed. On our way home from that, we were in a little car accident, but it wasn't as bad as it could have been. There was A LOT of fog, and the roads were slippery, and especially under the overpasses on the south side of point of the mountain. There was a car accident up ahead and the car in front of us was trying to stop, and so were we, and everything happened so fast and we weren't able to stop fast enough, so we rear ended them. But, no one was hurt, and the worst of the damage was that our license plate fell off the car. There were already about 4 officers on the side of the road dealing with these issues, because as I was sitting there waiting for Matthew to check on the other car and exchange information, I saw 4 vehicles slide and turn 360 degrees. One almost got clocked by a semi-truck, so we were really blessed that it wasn't anything worse than what it could have been. The Lord is always blessing us in unexpected ways.
This month's goal for me was to not eat any fruity candy. Nothing that was a hard candy or chewy that was fruity of any kind. So, I had a lot of headaches, and I even got sick after visiting family one weekend (everyone ended up sick), but it was only a 24 hour bug so we were blessed with that as well. I am feeling the urge less and less to have to have something sugary to eat. I have also been trying to work out for 30 minutes 2-3 times per week and that has been going fairly well. It's hard when my body doesn't do what it once could, and I know that I have a lot of work to do, but I am hoping that it will get easier and I will be able to handle more and more as time goes. I would love to be able to say, at the end of this year, that I had lost some weight and had a steady workout that I do and that I can feel good about me again. Matthew was really kind and bought be some new things I could wear that actually fit me. I am trying not to focus on the size of the items, just on how I look in them. I know I can do this, and it will take a lot of work, but I am wanting to better myself, not just for me but for my family as well, especially my boys. I want to be able to go and play and do things with them, and it's hard when my body won't let me. So I am excited to keep going and see positive things happen.
Matthew started up his facebook page for his L.A.R.P again, Terror of the Lich. If you haven't seen it go and take a look. I even decided to step outside of my comfort zone and play a character on the game. If you want to play one too, he would happily incorporate you into the game. It is really a lot of fun, and something cool since it's kind of like a book but a really interactive one that you are helping to write, so it's cool. He has also thought of writing all of it down in a blog so that he can keep it all cataloged well to write his books one day. Matthew was also given a temporary job at work. He was put on the fraud team, and he is excelling at it! He loves it and I think it's a great step in the right direction of where he would really like to be working in the company. We both also got our stuff back from work for our annual raises, and we are doing pretty well as far as all that goes as well. So, a lot to be thankful for. We will hopefully be able to keep seeing blessings as we are obedient to the Lord and what He asks of us. And we will hopefully be able to get the debt paid off so I can be a stay at home mom. :)
We went to a superbowl party at Jeremiah and Alyna's house, and it was really fun! But even more fun than that was the Disney "super bowl" party we had later! It was a party Alyna and I did since Jamberry just came out with their cute new set of Disney wraps, and there was the 60th anniversary of Disneyland show that was done on ABC, so Alyna recorded it and we watched! Superbowl style! We made some disney treats and Mickey Pizza and it was so much fun! And yummy!
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